Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-28

NEMARhS OF COL. c. A. MILES.
M President: When told by you yes
terday that | should be expected to respond
to this sentiment | Immediately thought
that | would commence the very few re
marks intended to offer on this occasion
by that well known prelude to most fairy
tales, Once upon a time, but on consider
alton said to myself, there is no use in
trying conclusions with the old gentleman
of the scythe and hour glass, and 50 say,
and say it boldly, it is twenty -nine years
since l was led on to the platform of the
old High school, and formally presented by
the late Deacon Dwinell of pious memory
to the pupils of that institution. After some
rather aggressive yet pungent remarks re-
gardlng their sins of omission and comms-
sion, he told them that at last the commit
tee at AN unprecedented expense my sti
pendium was 5000 per annum,) had got
a man all the way from Boston though
why a man all the way from RostOn should
strike terror to their hearts | failed then
and have ever since failed to see-who
would soon cause them to discern the error
of their ways. He then inquired whether
| wished to say anything, but being then AS
now overwhelmed by a sense of the little
ness of the man all the way from Boston
declined, and was left face to face with nv
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| ahead, | reversed the machine, and placed
all the guilty goats in the little desks i'm
mediately in my 'front.' and relegated the
innocent little lambs, principally Marys to
| the back benches. From that time forth
tanJonn,, ~ ".u
recreation Of recess opd tba ernrin,,r,e,,t
| nf fne-cut ms a solace for the stn1v hour
had Lean cLeclad nrincinaT, L,, not,,o,s
remaJies tbe sootbina oil Of Castor La;n',
anon, tbe most aficiant al ,yent ,,n,errT
rs a marriage he'll - II was lint a vaar thai
I remained the nripcinol Of tbe IA Hill
scbnoi Lnt InoL hal, +r +I,a+ ,,o,.;ad a.. H.,
most ;mnor,aut of ma, Iifo for / ,yas botb
nnnil AMI irstrncto,. a,j in hot .bo.t t;,,.
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in any decade since Learnt 20 attan,rt to
Iva Ion,,-snfTarin,, and Low IN wrath tLr,,,h
/ MIGHT never hacoma a hrrnin,, and n
sbinin,r Ii,bt learnt tb,, Iesson tLot finn,
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thinS: md narrower Learnt tp Iool, n
nratfv ,rirl straigbt in tba ave ,y;tbnut
hlusbing and there were lots nf the,n tbpn
as NOW amen, tb, ,,,,,iIs If tb, R,attI.Io,,
Higb school ami decidadlv in mn, nnin;o,,
the most dangerous faature of tba instih,'
ton This last accomnlisbment I mead
scorc.l, so,, has hoe,, Of rancL hemefit IN ma
ever since Therefore think I na,, trnly
st,la MYSELF an alumnus ns ,yelI as g. ms,
nrecento,, of the oIJ Hin school IN ,ybinI,
must evar Iool, hal viii o,,atsr,L w.,
man,Lronca ,s him - ,ror,;nent fsatrr.
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